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October Diary

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1 October
Strap on your salsa shoes and head to darling harbour for the free Latin American festival, FIESTA! Featuring the best of Latin food and music as well as 70 live dance performances from stars from So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars. Then test out your moves in one of the free salsa and zumba classes. Visit www.darlingharbour.com.
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October 1-3
Rediscover your green thumb now spring has arrived and pop along to ABC's Gardening Australia's Expo. If you missed it in Brisbane and Sydney you can still catch it in and Melbourne and Adelaide. Expert advice will be on hand for all things gardening. Visit www.abcgardeningexpo.com.au.
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October 2-4
Lose yourself in the music and celebrate Australia's annual indie and electronic music festival Parklife's 10th birthday. This year's line up boasts Missy Elliott, Groove Armada, Cut Copy, The Dandy Warhols and many more. Check out www.parklife.com.au.
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8 October
The hunting has been taken care of and so now you are free to gather at Adelaide's three-day designer market, Bowerbird Bazaar. Over 70 designers from around the country will be selling high-quality wares from jewellery, furniture, bags, clothing and art work. Visit www.bowerbirdbazaar.com.au.
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12-24 October
Be enthralled by exotic traditional dances and acrobatics from Egypt to the Sudan in Mother Africa - the high energy circus and dance extravaganza with performers from all over Africa. Catch it at the Palms At Crown in Melbourne. Visit www.circus-mother-africa.com/.
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14 October
Rediscover the charm of the film classic, Driving Miss Daisy, when it takes to the Brisbane's stage at Garden Theatre. Starring Debra Lawrance (Home and Away's 'Pipa'), Tamblyn Lord (Neighbours) and Brian Davison (All Saints), Driving Miss Daisy is the beginning of a friendship between an elderly southern Jewish lady and her African-American chauffeur. Visit www.gardenstheatre.qut.edu.au.
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16 October
Opera in Vineyards
Flirt with Mozart in a night of seduction and romance at Opera in the Vineyards, A Mozart Gala. Starring some of the finest opera singers and musicians in the country, dressed in full period costume and set in one of two breathtaking vineyard surrounds, Victoria’s Balgownie Estate and the historic Wyndham Estate in the Hunter Valley NSW. Visit www.operainthevineyards.com.au.
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29 October-1 November
Make like Demi Moore in Ghost and discovery the joys of pottery and all things hand made at the Tasmanian Craft Fair. See a range of DIY products including hand blown glass, embroidery, oil painting and silver and gold smiths. Visit www.tascraftfair.com.au.
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30 October
Give women a voice by simply walking along a beautiful coastline for three days in the 2010 International Women's Development Agency Great Ocean Road Challenge for Change. Trek along 91 kilometres of breathtaking coastal scenery, deserted wild beaches and sheer cliffs from Melbourne to Milanesia Beach and Wreck Beach. Proceeds support the work of IWDA’s project partners on the Thai-Burma border. Register at http://www.iwda.org.au/au/challenge-gow/.
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October 30
Scare yourself silly at Magique Halloween Circus, an event for adults in the big top at Luna Park. Dress up and watch the magic unfold as magicians, hypnotists, burlesque dancers, aerialists, fire breathers and stilt walkers leave you breathless. Visit www.magique.com.au.
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October 30 - 31
Go on a road trip and visit Geelong's annual food and wine festival, Toast the Coast Festival. All vineyards from the Bellarine Peninsula, Surf Coast and Moorabool Valley open their doors for a weekend of gourmet food, wine tasting and entertainment. See www.toastthecoast.com.au for details.
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Experience the beauty of Mindil Beach Sunset Markets in Darwin, boasting a huge array of fresh fruit and smoothie stands, original artworks and hand-made and vintage clothing to boot. Visit www.mindilmarkets.com.au.
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See fashion through the lens at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum's Creating the look: Benini and fashion photography. The exhibition showcases the work of renowned fashion photographer Bruno Benini and his stylist wife Hazel Benini from the 1950’s through to 2000. Visit www.powerhousemuseum.com.au.
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